boxxer, I'm after a nice bike at the moment, lookng at spending about £1000, what you recon I should go for, I'm thinking GT or Scott , will be using it for bit of everything, xc, bit of trails and d/h, and a bit of a play bike as well, and you recon you be seeing stuff like lx rear mechs for that sort of money?? anything else you can reccomend? cheers m8